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Defending God in sixteenth-century India : the Śaiva oeuvre of Appaya Dīkṣita /

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This text takes an in-depth study of the Śaiva oeuvre of the celebrated polymath Appaya Dīkṣita (1520-1593).

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Duquette, Jonathan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford Oriental monographs.
Subjects:
Appayya Dīkṣita.
Śiva > (Hindu deity)
Appayya Dīkṣita
Siva > (Hindu deity)
Śaivism > History.
Hinduism > History > 16th century.
Śivaïsme > Histoire.
Hindouisme > Histoire > 16e siècle.
RELIGION.
Theology.
Philosophy.
Hinduism
Śaivism
1500-1599
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Srikantha and the Brahmamimdmsdbhdsya
  • 1.1. Srlkantha's Date, Lineage, and Influences
  • 1.2. References to SVikantha in Sanskrit Sources Prior to Appaya
  • 1.3. Srikantha's Theology and the Virasaiva Tradition
  • 1.3.1. SVikantha and Nilakantha
  • 2. Early Saiva Works
  • 2.1. Sivatattvaviveka
  • 2.2. Sivakarndmrta
  • 2.3. Brahmatarkastava
  • 2.4. Bhdratasarasamgrahastotra
  • 2.5. SVikantha in Appaya's Early Saiva Works
  • 3. Reading Srikantha's Commentary
  • 3.1. Introducing Srlkantha's Vedanta
  • 3.2. Srikantha's Teachings and Pure Non-dualism
  • 3.2.1. Srikantha's Theory of Transformation
  • 3.2.2. Argument in the Sivddvaitanirnaya
  • 3.2.3. Coordination and Coherence: Daharavidya in Srikantha's Commentary
  • 3.2.4. Argument Continued: Appaya on BS 1.3.16 in the Sivarkamanidipika
  • 3.2.5. Inclusivism and Hermeneutics: Advaita in Sivadvaita
  • 3.2.6. Non-duality and Siva's Grace
  • 3.3. Appaya on Saiva Scriptures
  • 4. Engaging with Srivaisnavas
  • 4.1. On Ramanuja's Reading of the Brahmasutras
  • 4.2. Subordination, Tolerance, and Orthodoxy
  • 4.2.1. Ratnatrayapariksd: Appaya's Triadic Theology
  • 4.2.2. Anandalahariksa Treatise on Cicchakti
  • 4.3. Appaya on Sudarsanasuri's Defence of Aikasdstrya
  • 4.4. Refutation of Pancaratra
  • 4.5. Sudarsanasuri: Appaya's Nemesis?
  • 5. Reception of Appaya's Saiva Works
  • 5.1. Vaisnava Response
  • 5.1.1. Dvaita Vedanta: Vijayindra (c.1514-1595)
  • 5.1.2. Suddhadvaita Vedanta: Purusottama (c. 1657/1668-1725)
  • 5.1.3. Srivaisnava Response
  • 5.2. Two Advaitins in Banaras
  • 5.3. Saiva Response
  • 5.3.1. Saktivi & stadvaita Vedanta of Virasaivas.